Plain edge, Partial serrations, or fully serrated?

[cchu518]

Lemmings....lol...

 

[ISP 5353]

I prefer plain edges on my knives.

 

[Benji985]

With a well maintained plain edge you can almost do anything a serrated can do. Of course this is my opinion and feedback is always welcomed

 

[22-rimfire]

Serrations are okay on kitchen knives. I like either fully serrated or plain edge.

I have some knives with partial serrated edges (aka combo edge). Tried them out and dislike them. None of these knives get used and won't buy another one. I'll probably gift them eventually.

I have a few fully serrated edged knives that I purchased specifically for cutting fabrics. I keep one in my work bag all the time inside my vehicle. They seldom get used.

I only buy plain edged knives and prefer uncoated plain edged knives.

 

[jmclfrsh]

I like the combo on my Emerson CQC8 just because the blade is long enough to use only the plain edge if I want, and use the serrated edge when needed. It doesn't take much of a pull cut with a serrated edge to get the job done most of the time for me, anyway. YMMV.

Was walking the dog one evening, when I decided to cut back a 1/2" thick branch that hung way out over the sidewalk and got in our way all the time. Pulled out my shaving-sharp plain edge Boker Ginger Fighter and thought "this'll be a snap!" That thing is sharp as hell.

Started sawing, and sawing, and sawing. Was hugely disappointed.

Pulled the 8 out of the other pocket (I always carry two knives) and with one pull, in a different spot, with the serrated portion of that blade that branch was a goner.

So IMO, a combo edge can be useful if the blade itself is long enough to have a true choice.

I cut a seatbelt off a woman in a wreck once with that same knife with the serration and it took literally 1 second and she was free. I purposely moved the blade down to the serrated part before engaging the belt and it worked like a charm.

I wanted the blade itself near her as little amount of time as possible, as it was not a blunt-ended "rescue" type blade.

And my pretty-much fully-serrated Spyderco Native black cuts like a champ. I often carry one fully-serrated blade in one pocket and a PE in the other. They each have their better uses.

 

[cchu518]

That's why I use my combo for yard work. You can just put pressure on the branch with a serrated section of a knife and it will snap off just like that.